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Gift Day 2023

Each year we have a Gift Day, which is an opportunity to support ministry and mission beyond our church. In 2023 we focused on two local charities and one international charity, raising a wonderful total of just over £31,600, which was split evenly between them:

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Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) MAF is a Christian mission organisation that uses planes to support isolated communities. Its pilots and personnel deliver relief workers, doctors, pastors, school books, food, medicines – everything that can only be safely and speedily transported by air. Its vision is ‘to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ.’ Working in partnership with hundreds of other Christian and relief organisations, MAF enables practical help, physical healing and spiritual hope to be delivered to some of the world’s most remote and inaccessible communities.
lva logo LVA Trust LVA's vision is to deliver engaging, quality, relevant, holistic and age-appropriate RSE to young people. It does this through assemblies, classroom workshops, small groups and one to one mentoring. It aims to equip and empower young people to make confident and informed relationship choices by delivering RSE in schools and engaging with young people in the community. Currently it's developing a 1-1 Theraputic Mentoring programme in schools and would like an additional mentor to expand this work.
rt logo Riverbank Trust - Riverbank delivers hope in the community by equipping vulnerable single mums of all faiths and none through long-term emotional and practical support in partnership with the church community.  It believes that 'no one should have to journey through life alone.’ Following the success of Riverbank Ham, it's looking forward to being able to employ a Community Outreach Worker in Whitton, offering 1-1 support, a new playgroup and eventually developing schools' work.